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Patrick French, Unsparing Biographer of V.S. Naipaul, Dies at 56

March 21, 2023

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He was a historian of India and Tibet, but best known for his biography of Naipaul, which one reviewer described as “a portrait of the artist as a monster.”

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Patrick French, Unsparing Biographer of V.S. Naipaul, Dies at 56

He was a historian of India and Tibet, but best known for his biography of Naipaul, which one reviewer described as “a portrait of the artist as a monster.”

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